On Mon, 23 Feb 2004 21:46:32 +0100, "Mike Connor"
wrote:


"Stephen Welsh" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
.1.4...

I recall seeing a lot of pulling and tugging to remove flies from snags in
the "Rod Length" thread. I don't recall anyone pointing out that a fly is
quite easily removed from many snags by simply running the rod tip up the
line and gently pushing the fly off the snag. Yes you have to be able to
get within a rod length of the fly but in tight surrounds that is rarely a
problem. Of course multiple wraps of tippett around a snag are not so
easily managed.


Usually, if your fly has just landed in a tree, a gentle draw on the line
will get it off with no problems. Twitching or jerking, will only result in
you setting the hook, and if you continue to heave and jerk after that you
can easily break a rod. For quite a while I carried a "fly retrieval
device", but I wont go into that here. What is often a great deal of help,
is a length of stout cord, with a large blunt hook on the end. One can pull
many branches and the like within reach using this.

I cannot count the number of times I wished I had such a device - and then
improvised by inverting the rod, holding it as close to the tip as courage (or
folly) would allow and grappling the offending branch with the reel foot, down
to where I could reach out and unloop my fly...

/daytripper (It's risky, it's exciting, and it's often effective ;-)